PPTA Te Wehengarua suggests an effective way of managing student and teacher assessment workload would be to limit the number of credits offered.

This should take into account the abilities of the class but on average a realistic number of credits to offer would be 13-18 per course, based on assumption of about four hours per week contact time over about 33 weeks, plus some homework time.

18 reasons for 18 credits

5 subjects X 18 credits = 90 = plenty

6 subjects X 18 credits = 108 = heaps!

Teachers can teach more and summatively assess less

Course endorsement and certificate endorsement can become the priority, ie quality over quantity - this benefits students and - dare we say it - league tables